Well they say that a lot in our region without any evidence (i.e. album sales, track sales etc). Otherwise, he does have a huge fan base all across the Arab world.

Here’s a conversation starter..

Lebanese not Arab : )

good question : )
Its based on one or all of those things, its self identity. But surely just because one speak a dialect of a certain language, that is not the basis of their identity. For example, There are many countries in the Caribbean who have English as their language yet they do not identify themselves as English people, (from England).

It’s called marketing.